Miscellaneous

The Movable Feasts and Festivals of the Church
Year

The Movable Feasts and
Festivals all depend upon Easter, except Advent.

Advent Sunday
is always the nearest Sunday to the thirtieth day of November,
whether before or after. Easter is always
the first Sunday after the Full Moon which happens upon or next
after the twenty-first day of March; and if the Full Moon happens
upon a Sunday, Easter is the Sunday after. The time of Easter
being found, the other Feasts and Festivals occur as follows:

Septuagesima Sunday
is nine weeks before Easter. Ash Wednesday,
or the beginning of Lent, is forty-six days before Easter. Palmarum,
or the beginning of Holy Week, is seven days before Easter. Maundy
Thursday is the Thursday before Easter. Good
Friday is the Friday before Easter. Ascension
Day is forty days after Easter. Whitsunday
is seven weeks after Easter. Trinity Sunday
is eight weeks after Easter.

Table of the Days on which Easter will Fall
from 1941-2000

(source: The Lutheran Hymnal,
1941)

1941 __
April 13

1956 ___
April 1

1971 __
April 11

1986 _
March 30

1942 ___
April 5

1957 __
April 21

1972 ___
April 2

1987 __
April 19

1943 __
April 25

1958 ___
April 6

1973 __
April 22

1988 ___
April 3

1944 ___
April 9

1959 _
March 29

1974 __
April 14

1989 _
March 26

1945 ___
April 1

1960 __
April 17

1975 _
March 30

1990 __
April 15

1946 __
April 21

1961 ___
April 2

1976 __
April 18

1991 _
March 31

1947 ___
April 6

1962 __
April 22

1977 __
April 10

1992 __
April 19

1948 _
March 28

1963 __
April 14

1978 _
March 26

1993 __
April 11

1949 __
April 17

1964 _
March 29

1979 __
April 15

1994 ___
April 3

1950 ___
April 9

1965 __
April 18

1980 ___
April 6

1995 __
April 16

1951 _
March 25

1966 __
April 10

1981 __
April 19

1996 ___
April 7

1952 __
April 13

1967 _
March 26

1982 __
April 11

1997 _
March 30

1953 ___
April 5

1968 __
April 14

1983 ___
April 3

1998 __
April 12

1954 __
April 18

1969 ___
April 6

1984 __
April 22

1999 ___
April 4

1955 __
April 10

1970 __
April 29

1985 ___
April 7

2000 __
April 23

Table of the Days on which Easter will Fall
from 2001-2040

(source: Diocese of Ely,
Church of England)

2001 __
April 15

2011 __
April 24

2021 ___
April 4

2031 __
April 13

2002 _
March 31

2012 ___
April 8

2022 __
April 17

2032 _
March 28

2003 __
April 20

2013 _
March 31

2023 ___
April 9

2033 __
April 17

2004 __
April 11

2014 __
April 20

2024 _
March 31

2034 ___
April 9

2005 _
March 27

2015 ___
April 5

2025 __
April 20

2035 _
March 25

2006 __
April 16

2016 _
March 27

2026 ___
April 5

2036 __
April 13

2007 ___
April 8

2017 __
April 16

2027 _
March 28

2037 ___
April 5

2008 _
March 23

2018 ___
April 1

2028 __
April 16

2038 __
April 25

2009 __
April 12

2019 __
April 21

2029 ___
April 1

2039 __
April 10

2010 __
March 4

2020 __
April 12

2030 __
April 21

2040 ___
April 1

Note that the number of Sundays which Easter falls after Epiphany
will vary according as Advent, being fixed relative to a calendar
date, is nearer or further from Easter, being fixed relative to
the phase of the Moon. When Easter falls on March 22-24, it falls
one week after Epiphany. When Easter falls on other days of
March, it falls two weeks after Epiphany. When Easter falls on
April 1-7, it falls three weeks after Epiphany. When Easter falls
on April 8-14, it falls four weeks after Epiphany. When
Easter falls on April 15-21, it falls five weeks after Epiphany.
When Easter falls on April 22-25, it falls six weeks after
Epiphany.

Except that in a Leap Year, the number of Sundays after
Epiphany is the same as if Easter had fallen one day later than
it really does; and Septuagesima Sunday and Ash Wednesday fall
one day later unless Ash Wednesday would otherwise fall in March.